The SBI is investigating the death of a man who attacked a border guard while trying to enter Romania illegally

The State Bureau of Investigation began a pre-trial investigation into the death of a man who tried to illegally cross the Ukrainian-Romanian border in the Chernivtsi region.

This was reported by the press service of the agency.

According to the investigation, on June 29, around 9:40 p.m., in the Vyzhnytskyi district, during an attempt to cross the border, a skirmish occurred between two men and a soldier of one of the border detachments.

The SBI is investigating the death of a man who attacked a border guard, photo: SBI

The SBI is investigating the death of a man who attacked a border guard, photo: SBI

Men with a knife and pepper spray tried to attack the serviceman, and he responded by using a service weapon. As a result, a 24-year-old man died, another is in hospital. The border guard was also injured.

It will be recalled that in May, another body of a person was found in the Tisza River in Transcarpathia, who, according to the border guards, tried to enter Romania illegally.